University of Washington
Iris: Noaa Images: Erosional Landforms
Examples, with images, of different types of landforms created by water and wind erosion.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Two Hundred Years on the Erie Canal
Learn about the Erie Canal, one of the most famous man-made bodies of water in the world. Completed in 1825, the Erie Canal connected the port of New York City on the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes transforming trade, industry, and...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Interior Water Routes of the Us, 1910
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the navigable rivers and lakes of the interior in which water depths are three feet or more.
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Reeko's Favorite Means Up Public Transportation!
With this simple experiment, one can replicate the sinking and rising of a submarine with a bottle filled with water and a pen cap.
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Image of an Egyptian Drawing Water
Obviously instrumental in Egypt's growth as a magnificent civilization, the Nile's annual inundation provided Egyptians with food and transportation.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Osmosis: Lesson 2
This lesson explains the process of osmosis. It explains how osmosis is a passive form of transport, used to move water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane, down their concentration gradient. It is 2 of 8 in the series titled...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Osmosis: Lesson 4
This lesson explains the process of osmosis. It explains how osmosis is a passive form of transport, used to move water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane, down their concentration gradient. It is 4 of 8 in the series titled...
Curated OER
York Region District School Board: Pioneer Life in Upper Canada: Water
Pioneers usually settled near rivers or lakes as the waterways were their highways. Find out about their methods of travel.
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York Region District School Board: Pioneer Life in Upper Canada: Water
Pioneers usually settled near rivers or lakes as the waterways were their highways. Find out about their methods of travel.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North German Waterways, 1916
A map showing the canals and navigable rivers of north Germany in 1916. This map illustrates the importance of water transport to the major inland German cities of Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Breslau, Dresden, Dusseldorf, and Cologne.
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Estrella Mountain Community College: Cell Shape: Diagram
Diagram showing what happens to cells placed in distilled water and in a salt solution.
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Estrella Mountain Community College: Cell Shape: Diagram
Diagram showing what happens to cells placed in distilled water and in a salt solution.
Other
World Ship Society: Queen Mary 2 Photo Essay
Wonderful pictures tell the incredible story of the construction of the largest liner in the world, the Queen Mary 2.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South China, 1971
"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...
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Reverse Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure What They Are
This site gives a good explanation of osmosis and reverse osmosis. Also includes a scientific diagram of the process.